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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11h

Went to the doctor today for my first general checkup in a long while and found out that I'm a half inch shorter and about 10 pounds heavier than the last time I checked in, so... how's your day going?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

We need, in a word, virtue signaling -- we need to be signaling to one another, and to ordinary Americans, that this *is* fucked up and everyone *should* fight back. People need something to rally around & they're getting nothing.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

Everything they are doing & saying right now is very obviously meant to clear the way for mass repressive violence.

Fact checking is not going to do shit.

Talking about kitchen table issues is not going to do shit.

We need open, unapologetic defiance & conflict.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

This is fascism in a nutshell. Right here. "A counter-revolution against a revolution that never occurred."

Colin Jacobson @oatsdad.bsky.social · 16h

So they promote a battle against a nonexistent huge wave of left-wing violence by committing a huge wave of right-wing violence? 🤨

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

mood

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

Members of the GOP openly calling for a "cleansing."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."

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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 20h

I just sent a message and took me two minutes. Please voice your support for SB79.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.

It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.

Tell him!

Contact the Governor | Governor of California

You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.

www.gov.ca.gov

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It's got to feel good, winning that game. Big disappointment for the losing team though.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

We're doing a day trip to Cordoba.

As for Barcelona, yes, I know:

Barcelona’s radical plan to take back streets from cars

Introducing “superblocks.”

www.vox.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Well that's deranged.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

"Parente said the video shows an agent turn a federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, 'Do something b----.' The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez."

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorn...

chicago.suntimes.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The question of whether some of them are worth doing is separable from the question of whether they should be counted in this quantitative framework as offsetting emissions.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Maybe you'll change their minds! (ha ha no you won't it's bad faith all the way down over there)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Does everyone else already know this?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Honest to god I swear that 9 out of 10 sports-talky things I hear are some version of ordinal ranking: who's the best ever, the top three, the GOAT, etc.

And of course all of that's purely subjective so it's just talk talk talk, no meat, no information, no real analysis, just dudes moving mouths.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

I think and have said many times that the vast bulk of political commentary is vapid nonsense. But in the last couple of years, I've dipped my toe in sports fandom and had occasion to consume some sports commentary, and holy shit there are millions of these dudes & they never say *anything*!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

How many reports have found exactly this now? Have to be more than a dozen.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve. Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

LA NIMBYs, led by Bass, are trying to kill it. Call and yell at them!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Indeed! Although I don't really know what to make of it ...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Oh believe me, I'm going to have absolutely zero difficulty adjusting to their schedule. I'm already basically on it!

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nerdydodger @nerdydodger.bsky.social · 1d

i love to call Gav and yell at him. Join me won't you?

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.

It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.

Tell him!

Contact the Governor | Governor of California

You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.

www.gov.ca.gov

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Done.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Since literally everyone has mentioned it, I should say that we messed around too long and blew our chance for Alhambra tickets. 😢

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Alex Pawlowski @apawlows.bsky.social · 1d

Filled out a succinct note in less than a minute! We need California to be a Strong Town yesterday.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.

It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.

Tell him!

Contact the Governor | Governor of California

You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.

www.gov.ca.gov

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

My son is in Granada for a semester abroad and he has also been somewhat disappointed by the food.

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